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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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